Opinion: Can voters forgive Elizabeth Warren?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at Douglas High School in Memphis on Sunday. By Helaine Olen Helaine Olen Opinion writer focusing on politics, economics and American life Bio Follow Opinion writer March 19 at 4:46 PM Kathy Harter is a retired technical writer living in Honolulu and a massive Elizabeth Warren fan. She donated $25 to Warren’s Senate campaign in 2012 and tells me she would have given her money in 2016 if she ran for president.
It’s a puzzle, and one that perplexes many political analysts and pollsters. “It’s the elephant in the room,” says Matt McDermott, a director at Whitman Insight Strategies, who went on to suggest that one issue facing Warren is that her emphasis on economic inequality, once unique, is now mainstream in the Democratic Party.
It’s hard to recall now, but Warren was once the golden girl of American politics. In 2014, Daily Kos called Warren a “rock star" and compared her appeal to Barack Obama’s prior to his run for president. MoveOn.org attempted to convince her to enter the Democratic race by starting a “Run Warren Run” movement. But, then, Warren deferred to Clinton and Sanders announced instead. The world both moved on and didn’t move on at the same time.
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